Fitch Gives Atlantic Specialty An Upgrade

NU Online News Service, April 7, 3:15 p.m. EDT?Fitch Ratings said it has upgraded the insurer financial strength of Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company to "A" from "triple-B-minus," following its acquisition by OneBeacon Insurance Company, a unit of Bermuda-based White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd.[@@]

This rating action, Fitch said, now brings Atlantic Specialty's rating in line with the "A" financial strength rating of OneBeacon's intercompany pool. Atlantic Specialty, Fitch said, has been added as a pooled participant of OneBeacon, retroactive to Jan. 1.

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